WESTERN AUSTRALIA - REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION UPON VARIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULTS ON OR BRUTALITY TO PRISONERS IN FREEMANTLE PRISON AND OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ABORIGINAL OR PART-ABORIGINAL PRISONERS, ETC

• NCJ Number: 17901
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 186 pages
• Corporate Author: Western Australia Royal
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF INMATE SEGREGATION, FIGHTS AND VIOLENCE AMONG THE INMATES IN THE PRISON YARDS, OFFICER-INMATE RELATIONSHIPS, THE PRISON DRUG PROBLEM AND STRIP SEARCHES, AND PRISON ADMINISTRATION AND SECURITY.

Abstract

THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO EACH OF THESE AREAS. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF FREMANTLE PRISON ARE ALSO DETAILED. THEY INCLUDE DIVERSIFYING AND EXTENDING THE MEANS OF RECREATION AVAILABLE TO INMATES; RESCHEDULING SUMMER LOCK-UP TIME FROM 4:30 TO 5:30 PM; INSTALLING A GENERAL ALARM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PRISON; AND INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF TRAFFICKING IN ILLICIT MATERIALS BY PRISON STAFF. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A LIST OF WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE ROYAL COMMISSION, A LIST OF EXHIBITS ADMITTED IN EVIDENCE, A LIST OF DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BYT NOT RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE, AND AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRISON.